Sesame: A 2-dimensional solar cell modeling tool

Gaury, Benoit; Sun, Yubo; Bermel, Peter; Haney, Paul M.

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2019.03.037

Sesame: A 2-dimensional solar cell modeling tool

Journal Article · Sun Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.03.037· OSTI ID:1613291

Gaury, Benoit ^[1]; Sun, Yubo ^[2]; Bermel, Peter ^[2]; Haney, Paul M. ^[3]

National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States); DOE/OSTI
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)

This work introduces a new software package “Sesame” for the numerical computation of classical semiconductor equations. It supports 1 and 2-dimensional systems and provides tools to easily implement extended defects such as grain boundaries or sample surfaces. Sesame is designed to facilitate fast exploration of the system parameter space and to visualize local charge transport properties. Sesame has been benchmarked against other software packages, and results for single crystal and polycrystalline CdS-CdTe heterojunctions are presented. Sesame is distributed as a Python package or as a standalone GUI application, and is available at https://pages.nist.gov/sesame/.

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Research Organization:: Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0004946

OSTI ID:: 1613291

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1547441

Journal Information:: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Journal Name: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Vol. 198; ISSN 0927-0248

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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